Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Olympus PEN Story

July 9, 2009 @ 8:55 am

Olympus is touting around this video of 9600 photographs re-shot over 1800 times as a stop-motion video to tell the story behind the Olympus PEN line of cameras. It’s nothing that hasn’t already been done before, but it’s still pretty … Continue reading →

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John proposes to Erika at Disney World

July 8, 2009 @ 9:57 pm

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Ok, this is the proposal to beat. Seriously. Show me something better than this. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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Republic Bicycles now at Urban Outfitters

July 8, 2009 @ 9:47 pm

FYI: Urban Outfitters now sells Republic Bicycles for $400. Obviously not the best bike you can buy, but anything to get more bikers on the road is a good thing I suppose. I imagine that the number of injuries from … Continue reading →

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Sacha Baron Cohen on David Letterman

July 8, 2009 @ 9:01 pm

In a rare talk show appearance as himself, Sacha Baron Cohen talked about what it took to get an interview with an actual terrorist for a segment in the movie, Bruno. The story — if true — is pretty outrageous … Continue reading →

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The Red Balloon (Le ballon rouge)

July 8, 2009 @ 7:21 pm

This is a 1956 dialogue-free short film directed by Albert Lamorisse that won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Yelena introduced it to me and I liked it. I have a feeling that a lot of the fascination with isolated … Continue reading →

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Google announces open-source operating system

July 8, 2009 @ 6:02 am

Google just introduced the Google Chrome OS, a new lightweight operating system built from the ground up (just like the Chrome browser) to work with today’s web landscape. Google says the Chrome OS will initially be targeted at netbooks being … Continue reading →

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